Cooking

Molasses Honey

I love raw honey, but it is cloyingly sweet. Sometimes I want the flavor of raw honey without all of the sweetness. I have found blackstrap molasses to be a nutritious counterpoint to the super sweet honey. Nutritionally it adds manganese, copper, iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium. Make no mistake, blackstrap molasses is very strong,…

Menu Plan Dec. 14

Sunday Breakfast: Eggs, millet, grapefruit. Dinner: Roasted chicken, millet, green beans. To do: bake coconut bread, soak nuts & seeds. Monday Breakfast: Coconut milk smoothies, coconut bread & butter. Dinner: Vegetable Beef Soup, orange coconut cake. To do: bake cake, dehydrate nuts/seeds, thaw chicken, thaw sausage. Tuesday Breakfast: Eggs, grapefruit, sausage. Dinner: Taco Salad with…

Askinosie chocolate

Now THIS is the kind of chocolate I am talking about. I will try to talk my husband into see about ordering some of this chocolate once our no spend challenge is over. I love how he talks about going beyond Fair Trade: “I shop fair trade as much as possible. How do you pay…